Ganlu smiled and instructed the little maids to set the meal.

Dou Zhao and Jiang Yan had lunch together and went to the upper courtyard.

The women's banquet was placed in the flower hall of the upper courtyard, and when they went, they had just finished the banquet, and Mrs. Song and others were accompanying a few ordinary wives with ordinary clothes and unfamiliar appearances to enjoy chrysanthemums in front of the steps of the flower hall.

Seeing Dou Zhao, everyone was stunned.

Mrs. Song was busy introducing everyone: "This is the lady of our house, and this is the lady of our house." He pointed to the wives again: "This is the wife of Grandpa Guo's classmate Li Xiucai, this is the wife of Grandpa Guo's classmate Xiujin Academy's mountain chief's family, and this is the wife of the Bo family, the Qin lord of the Five Military Governor's Mansion......"

They are all unknown people.

Everyone greeted each other.

Dou Zhao said apologetically: "Because the child is still young, he can't leave people for a while, so I'm slacking off everyone!" He said to Mrs. Song again, "Fortunately, with the help of the eldest aunt, the family can go smoothly and not make any mistakes." ”

Mrs. Song was humble.

Someone smiled and said: "I have long heard that there is a young lady in your mansion, who looks exactly like the deceased Mrs. Jiang, and when I see it today, there is really no exaggeration." As he spoke, he took Jiang Yan's hand, "You and Mrs. Jiang really look alike!" ”

Jiang Yan was a little uncomfortable.

Dou Zhao looked at it and changed the topic with a smile: "It's not too early, why don't you move to the water pavilion?" A stage was set up over there, and someone was invited to sing. ”

Everyone responded "good" in unison, and hugged Dou Zhao and Jiang Yan to the water pavilion.

Among them, there was a round-faced woman in her thirties, who introduced herself as the wife of Bo Hu Chong, the left army master of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and her maiden family was the commander of the Dengzhou Weidu, and said to Dou Zhao with a smile: "...... When my grandfather was alive, my father once greeted my grandfather with my grandfather. When my father returned, he never forgot the magnificence of the British Mansion, and I grew up hearing about it. I've always wanted to see what the British government is like, but today is an eye-opener. If nothing else, the two ginkgo trees in front of the door are at least a hundred years old, right? ”

Her attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and her tone was cheerful and lively, which made Dou Zhao very good.

Dou Zhao smiled: "I didn't expect our two families to have such a fate!" The ginkgo tree is said to have been there when the house was opened, and because the ancestors liked it, it has been raised to this day. I'm afraid it's more than a hundred years. ”

Mrs. Hu smiled and turned her gaze to Jiang Yan: "Miss Biao is really beautiful." How old are you this year? ”

Dou Zhao frowned slightly.

Jiang Yan is an honest person, he will answer all questions, and said softly: "I have fifteen today!" ”

"Ouch!" Mrs. Li's face was full of regret, "This is just the end of the day!" ”

Presumably everyone has heard that Jiang Yan is a "widow".

Jiang Yan was silent.

Dou Zhao quietly asked the welcoming grandmother: "Where did you invite the troupe today?" What are they good at? ”

The welcoming grandmother hurriedly smiled: "Today I invited Zeng Chusheng from the Associated Press." However, Zeng Chusheng hadn't sung in the hall for a few days, and sent his two disciples to pass it on. One is called Zeng Liansheng and the other is Zeng Junsheng, and Zeng Chusheng only sits on the side. That Zeng Liansheng sang Danjiao, and Zeng Junsheng sang Xiaosheng, "The Story of the Embroidered Shirt" and "The Story of the Jade Hairpin" were all sung very well. ”

Dou Zhao turned around and smiled at the ladies, and said, "What do you want to hear later?" ”

Someone said: "Listen to "The Story of Embroidered Shirts". ”

There are also humanitarians: "Let's listen to "The Story of the Jade Hairpin"! It's more interesting than "The Story of the Countryside". ”

Everyone had a lively discussion about the repertoire.

Mrs. Hu's eyes turned straight, and she also followed everyone to discuss what kind of drama would be ordered, and revealed the matter.

Jiang Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Dou Zhao sat down under the corridor of the water pavilion.

The welcoming grandmother came over with a booklet and invited the guests to order a play.

Ruo Zhu hurriedly walked in and whispered in Dou Zhao's ear: "Madam, just now the steward in the front yard came to spread the word, saying that the eldest princess of Ningde and the old lady are both old. couldn't stand the noise, so he only sent Grandma Lu to drink the wedding wine. ”

Dou Zhao was surprised.

I didn't expect that Princess Ningde and Old Madam Lu would state their position so clearly.

She bowed slightly.

I saw the welcoming grandmother leading the landing grandmother over.

Dou Zhao greeted him.

Grandma Lu smiled bitterly and said, "Don't take it to heart, it's really too ridiculous for Grandpa Guo to do things this time." Everyone feels self-deprecating. ”

Dou Zhao said with a smile: "If the eldest princess and the old lady don't come when our brother Yuan'er is drinking for 100 days, then I will be angry." ”

Grandma Lu smiled: "Brother Yuan'er's 100-day wine." Who would dare not come? Don't worry, if the two old people are quarrelsome, I will fight them too! ”

It's a joke, of course.

Grandma Lu can be sure that if Song Han is a concubine, Princess Ningde and Mrs. Lu may not be like this, not giving Song Yichun face.

Dou Zhao pulled the grandmother Lu and sat down in the water pavilion.

Yan'an Hou Mansion, Changxing Hou Mansion and other hairpin houses that come and go with the British Mansion on weekdays have intermittent people, but they are not the second daughter-in-law, or grandmother, Mrs. Shizi, the eldest lady and so on.

Dou Zhao felt that his face was dull.

When it came time for the dinner, the situation was even more embarrassing - there were only seven or eight tables of guests in the entire flower hall, and the aunts and grandmothers of the Hou family were not so deserted for their birthdays.

Dou Zhao only sighed.

Those talented ladies and Mrs. Bo also saw some clues, and they all buried their heads in eating, and none of them said anything.

Because the Miao family was in Daxing, the Song family sent a sedan chair before dawn, and Mrs. Song and Mrs. Li, who were the Quanfu people of Song Han's wedding, also set off with the sedan chair early in the morning.

After dinner, everyone went to the new house together.

The new house is a small courtyard with two into three rooms, the layout is very elegant, part of the bride's dowry is stacked in the back of the warehouse, part of it has been furnished, by the Miao family's two dowry maids and two marrying grandmothers watched.

Everyone looked at the bride's dowry and saw that although the quilt was carved silk, the color and pattern were the styles of ten years ago; Although the appearance of the tea cup is novel, it is not from the official kiln, and it is very cheap. As for the feather duster, it will fall off when you touch it, the tin basin is light and fluttering, and the jade of the jade bonsai looks like no luster, like a stone......

Everyone couldn't help but show a little disdain.

There was that inflexible huh: "Isn't it the marriage of the royal gift?" Why are they all accompanied by these things? ”

And they pulled the man by the sleeve.

The man hurriedly shut up.

The two maids of the Miao family turned crimson.

Mrs. Song's face was red and spicy. Hurriedly beckoned everyone to the east wing next to the new house to drink tea.

Everyone went to the east wing in silence.

Mrs. Song warmly invited everyone to eat fruit melons, and then asked Mrs. Shanchang, the head of the Splendid Academy, "Where is your family's academy open?" I don't know if I can accept Mengtong? ”

Mrs. Shan Chang drank tea elegantly and said slowly: "The academy is located in Sunjia Hutong next to Yaowang Temple outside the city, and only accepts seven or eight-year-old Mengtong ......."

Everyone listened to them chatting, but Mrs. Hu came to Dou Zhao and laughed softly: "Madam, don't be annoyed that I don't know the severity of what I say, I really feel pity when I see Miss Biao." I also thought of my cousin, who had just become a widower in his family, who had just been weakly crowned this year, who had a lot of talent, and who had a few acres of land at home, and who was admitted to the Xiucai at the age of sixteen. The lady in front of her did not leave any heirs, and only lived with her widowed mother, so she wanted to draw a red thread for the cousin of your house, so she took the liberty to ask. ”

As she spoke, she looked at Dou Zhao's expression rather cautiously.

Dou Zhao was very surprised, and felt that this Mrs. Hu was shallow and too frivolous. It can be seen that her face is full of sincerity, and the family is also good, she can't help but hesitate a little, and said: "This matter has to be discussed with our family." If that family really has a heart. Don't hesitate to write down that person's name, the situation at home, etc., and put it with me, so that I can show it to the prince when the time comes. ”

Mrs. Hu didn't expect things to go so smoothly.

With her status and status, it is not Song Han to marry. She didn't even want to set foot in the door of the British Mansion, and she was in ruin. Took this risky move.

She nodded happily and was accompanied by the maid to the opposite west wing.

If she can marry the eldest daughter of the British government who was rumored to have been dropped, not to mention her cousin carp jumping over the dragon gate, even they will follow suit.

She thought carefully about what she was going to say, and then she put pen to paper.

Dou Zhao asked Ruotong to put away the paper and said, "We'll contact you when the time comes." ”

Mrs. Hu glanced at Jiang Yan, who was listening attentively to the play, and nodded busily.

With a quarter of an hour of time difference, the sedan chair to welcome the relatives entered the house.

He crossed the brazier, worshipped, entered the cave room, and lifted the hijab.

The bride's face made everyone sigh in admiration.

Miao Ansu glanced at Song Han quickly, and found that the groom was quite handsome, and his eyes were full of surprise when he looked at her, which greatly satisfied her vanity and made her eyes droop with shyness.

Song Han didn't expect the bride to be so beautiful.

His heart suddenly wavered for a moment, and when the Quanfu man brought over a glass of wine, his movements became soft.

Miao Ansu felt the change in Song Han, and he was very proud in his heart, and his courage became bigger. As soon as Song Han walked out of the new house, her eyes swept towards the female dependents.

Except for a young woman in a silver-red armor who looked dignified and beautiful, and looked like a lady's handsome demeanor, the others were women in their thirties.

Miao Ansu couldn't help but pout.

Didn't you say that the Dou family had the appearance of a country and a heavenly fragrance? In her opinion, it is also very normal.

It can be seen that this Dou clan is just a person who has been lifted.

She glanced at the big girl Ji Hong, and motioned for her to reward the little girl who poured tea for herself.

Ji Hong's face was red and white for a while, but he didn't move.

Miao Ansu was unhappy in her heart.

But the maid still retreated respectfully.

Mrs. Song San thought of the face of the Miao family asking for red envelopes when she went to marry just now, thinking that she would have nothing to do with herself after today, and she wished that she would pay the errand immediately, how could she be in the mood to say anything to Miao Ansu. Mrs. Li had the intention to introduce the people in the house to Miao Su'an, but she didn't recognize it herself, so how could she introduce Miao Su'an?

Everyone joked about Miao Ansu sentence by sentence.

Miao Ansu firmly remembered her mother's words, no matter what others said, she didn't hear it, and just smiled.

Mrs. Hu praised Miao Ansu for being calm.

A little maid walked in and said with a smile: "Madame said that it is not too early, several wives and grandmothers are going back to the house, she will send a few wives and grandmothers back first." ”

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Fortunately, he didn't break his promise!

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ps: Typos and so on will be corrected, tomorrow's plus more at about three o'clock in the afternoon.

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